King Claudius

Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, this line is most famously said. However, the origins of this line have a very bad ending. Hamlet is a young man who is getting over the death of his father. In contemplating suicide or the death of Claudius, who conspired to kill the former king (Hamlet’s father), we get to learn the characteristics of young Hamlet. For instance, Hamlet can be described as emotional. Hamlet can be described as such for many reasons. In the text, Hamlet says, “It’s not simply…

own hole of insanity and paranoia. Diagnosing someone of being “lovesick” has the side effects of extreme paranoia and lack of understanding. Hamlets persona increases throughout the story as he sees the ghost of King Hamlet. In the beginning of the play, readers are introduced to King Hamlet’s funeral and people’s reaction and sympathy towards his son. Hamlet is expressed as a depressed and anxious individual. He denies that his father died out of natural reasons but died on purpose. Hamlet…

and expose the truths behind the mystery of his beloved father’s death. With this pretense, he is able to make calculated remarks that are concealed within the absurdity of his mad words without others becoming suspicious. Hamlet’s main target is Claudius, since he…

Justice for All but One Oedipus and Hamlet, are two of literatures more significant heroes, who were both children of murdered kings, both wishing to bring justice to the land. Their stories are parallel from the murder of the king to the role of the characters, but there is critical difference between Hamlet and Oedipus. The comparison begins as characters both has a sense of justice, though one of the two become corrupted and replaced this sense of justice with vengeance. The duo was seeking…

In the timeless play Hamlet by Shakespeare, one man’s apparent madness impacts not only his fate but also the lives of those around him. Hamlet, enlightened by a ghostly figure, devises a scheme of revenge on his uncle King Claudius. Consequently, Hamlet’s flaw of indecisiveness causes him to blur the lines between sanity and insanity as he is unable to make important decisions while unfolding his need for vengeance. Ultimately, his irrational madness embodies Hamlet’s high intelligence and…

tragic hero they need a sympathetic quality to them. Hamlet feels depressed for the whole play. Only two months earlier, Hamlet’s father passed away, this contributes to his depression. “But two months dead-nay, not so much not two-/ so excellent a king…” (1. 2.140-141). Everyone deals with death at one point in their lifetime.This makes the reader feel sympathetic towards him. This contributes to the play by helping it make sense. Since Hamlet’s in a vulnerable state, it make sense as to why…

the quote he says ¨O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I!¨ referring to how he feels betrayed by the people he trusted the most, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, since he sees them walking over to Claudius after they finished their conversation with him. In that moment forward, he does think that Claudius has to do with his father’s death and that he and Gertrude sent Rosencrantz and Guildenstern to provide them information from Hamlet. He feels worthless and feels that he is being tossed around…

Hamlet follows the story of the prince Hamlet, seeking to avenge the recently murdered king, his father. Throughout the course of this play, Ophelia, who has a romantic interest in Hamlet, is driven to insanity, and eventually, to suicide. Hamlet pushes Ophelia to insanity, and then suicide, through his cruel statements towards Ophelia and the murdering of Ophelia’s father. In Act IV, scene 7, Claudius, the new king, and Laertes, Ophelia’s brother, are having a conversation when they are…

nor does he like them. However, they always seem to find themselves in the same place at the same time. After their first meeting when Rosencrantz and Guildenstern abandon the actors during their performance, they are reunited in the court of the King and Queen. The Player expresses the “humiliation of” being left to act for no audience, but Rosencrantz and Guildenstern feel no sympathy for him (p. 30). During their time together in the court, the three argue about whether it is possible to “act…

the most anticipated scene, the audience finally hears of the bloody murder of King Hamlet. With the use of vividly descriptive language, Shakespeare reveals who betrayed King Hamlet "the serpent that did sting thy father's life now wears his crown" (1.5.39-40), confirming any form of suspicion towards Claudius. The revelation of the revenge plot ties together any loose strings involved towards the murder of the former King Hamlet. By revealing the course of action Hamlet must follow in order to…